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WorksheetsOrpheus and Eurydice Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What condition did Hades set for allowing Eurydice to return to the land of the living?
Orpheus must play music for a year in the Underworld
Eurydice must remain silent during their ascent
Orpheus must never look upon Eurydice until they reached the surface
Eurydice must drink from the River Lethe to forget her time in the Underworld
Why does Orpheus ultimately fail in bringing Eurydice back from the Underworld?
He is overcome by doubt and turns to look at her before reaching the surface
Eurydice decides she prefers to remain in the Underworld with Persephone
Charon refuses to ferry Eurydice across the River Styx
Hades changes his mind and revokes his permission
What is Orpheus's secret hope when joining Jason and the Argonauts?
To find another woman to love
To discover magical herbs that could resurrect Eurydice
To die honorably in battle
To forget his sorrows through adventure
What happens to Orpheus at the hands of the followers of Dionysus?
They force him to play music at their revelry
They tear him limb from limb and cast his head and lyre into the river
They make him their king and worship his music
They drive him from Thrace into permanent exile
How do the gods honor Orpheus after his death?
By making him the god of music
By reuniting his soul with Eurydice in Elysium and placing his lyre as a constellation
By allowing him to be reborn as Apollo's heir
By preserving his music in golden scrolls for eternity
The passage "When he played, it seemed as though the very stones and rocks gained hearts" is an example of:
Hyperbole
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Foreshadowing
What literary device is employed in describing Orpheus's music causing "the whole heart of the universe became one great, palpitating, beautiful thing"?
Simile
Alliteration
metaphor
Understatement
The comparison "Her face was white as a lily in the moonlight" is an example of:
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Synecdoche
In the text, what symbolic meaning does the lyre most prominently represent?
Wealth and status
The transformative and transcendent power of art
Divine punishment
The fragility of human life
The use of repetition: "Eurydice! Eurydice!" throughout the text emphasizes...
his intense passion and devotion
his physical pain
his anger towards the gods
his acceptance of his fate
